Tax Credit: Telephone Services

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many calls have been received by the hon. Members' tax credit helpline in each month since it was established.

Angela Eagle: For the number of calls answered each month by the Tax Credit Office MP Hotline up to and including May 2007, I refer the hon. Member to the answer that my right hon. Friend the then Paymaster-General (Dawn Primarolo) gave the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) on 25 June 2007,  Official Report, column 419W.
	The information requested for the period June 2007 to November 2008 is provided in the following table.
	
		
			   Number of calls to Tax Credit Office MP Hotline 
			  2007  
			 June 1,291 
			 July 1,071 
			 August 976 
			 September 1,146 
			 October 1,404 
			 November 1,233 
			 December 887 
			  2008  
			 January 934 
			 February 1,025 
			 March 775 
			 April 947 
			 May 994 
			 June 1,118 
			 July 1,083 
			 August 826 
			 September 912 
			 October 1,009 
			 November 775